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The photographers and cameramen who bring big sporting events to the world have an incredibly difficult job.

It’s not easy to get amazing photographs of athletes in action or shoot the television footage that grips millions of people around the world.

Once upon a time, ordinary spectators had little chance of recording the great moments of a World Cup match or Wimbledon final – because most people simply didn’t own the expensive technology needed to do the job properly.

But if you’re lucky enough to be cheering on the Three Lions in Russia or watching the big games at Wimbledon, you might be carrying a little gadget which would have seemed almost miraculous to snappers who watched England win the World Cup in 1966 or saw Fred Perry take home the Wimbledon men’s title three times between 1934 and 1936.